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Georges Berr

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Occupation
  
Dramatist, actor


Born
  
30 July 1867
3rd arrondissement of Paris

Died
  
21 July 1942, Paris, France

Movies
  
Le Million, True Confession, Cross My Heart, L'Enfant prodigue, The Million

Similar
  
Louis Verneuil, Félix Galipaux, Claude Binyon, René Clair, Wesley Ruggles

Georges Berr (30 July 1867 – 21 July 1942) in Paris, was a French actor and dramatist, a member and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923.

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Under the pseudonyms Colias and Henry Bott he wrote several plays, particularly in collaboration with Louis Verneuil. He was Jean-Pierre Aumont's uncle.

Plays

Partial list of plays written or cowritten by Berr.

  • Le Train pour Venise by Louis Verneuil & Berr
  • L'Amant de Madame Vidal
  • La Pomme by Verneuil and Berr
  • L'École des contribuables
  • 1900: Moins cinq... by Paul Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1901: L'Inconnue by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1901: Madame Flirt by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Athénée
  • 1902: Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran by Gavault, Berr and Adrien Vély, Théâtre du Châtelet
  • 1902: La Carotte by Berr, Paul Dehere and Marcel Guillemaud, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1904: La Dette by Gavault and Berr, Théâtre de l'Odéon
  • 1905: Les Merlereau, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
  • 1905: La Marche forcée by Berr and Marc Sonal, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1913: Un jeune homme qui se tue, 4 acts comedy, Théâtre Femina
  • 1914: J'ose pas, 3 acts comedy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
  • 1922: Dom Juan de Molière, Comédie-Française
  • 1925: Azaïs by Louis Verneuil and Berr
  • 1928: Le passage de Vénus, 3 acts comedie-bouffe, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt
  • 1930: Miss France by Berr and Verneui, Théâtre Édouard VII
  • 1930: Guignol, un cambrioleur by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre de la Potinière
  • 1934: Mon crime de Georges Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
  • 1935: Les Fontaines lumineuses by Berr and Verneuil, Théâtre des Variétés
  • 1946: Azaïs, 3 acts comedy by Verneuil and Berr, Théâtre Daunou

    • Actor

  • 1910: Le Barbier de Séville: Figaro

    • Director

  • 1909: L'Enfant prodigue, script by Henri Lavedan, with Eugène Silvain
  • 1909: Les Précieuses ridicules, after Molière, with Béatrix Dussane

    • Writer

  • The Million (Silent film, 1914, based on Le Million)
  • The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (Silent film, 1920, based on Madame Flirt)
  • La principessa Bebè (Silent film, 1921, based on Princesse Bébé)
  • The World at Her Feet (Silent film, 1927, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
  • My Sister and I (Silent film, 1929, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Burglars (German, 1930, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
  • Flagrant délit (French, 1931, based on Guignol, le cambrioleur)
  • Le Million (French, 1931, based on Le Million)
  • My Cousin from Warsaw (French, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
  • My Cousin from Warsaw (German, 1931, based on Ma cousine de Varsovie)
  • Un coup de téléphone (French, 1932, based on Un coup de téléphone)
  • Azaïs (French, 1932, based on Azaïs)
  • Just My Luck (1933, based on Azaïs)
  • Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (German, 1933, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Caprice de princesse (French, 1934, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Chourinette (French, 1934, original screenplay)
  • The Bread Peddler (French, 1934, dialogue)
  • Arlette et ses papas (French, 1934, based on Avril)
  • L'École des contribuables (French, 1934, based on L'École des contribuables)
  • Maître Bolbec et son mari (French, 1934, based on Maître Bolbec et son mari)
  • Le Bossu (French, 1934, dialogue)
  • Ferdinand le noceur (French, 1935, dialogue)
  • Speak to Me of Love (French, 1935, based on Parlez-moi d'amour)
  • Le Bébé de l'escadron (French, 1935, dialogue)
  • The Lover of Madame Vidal (French, 1936, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
  • Un scandale aux Galeries (French, 1937, dialogue)
  • True Confession (1937, based on Mon Crime)
  • The Train for Venice (French, 1938, based on Le train pour Venise)
  • My Life with Caroline (1941, based on Le train pour Venise)
  • Mischievous Susana (Spanish, 1945, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Cross My Heart (1946, based on Mon Crime)
  • Ma tante d'Honfleur (French, 1949, based on Ma tante d'Honfleur)
  • Canas al aire (Spanish, 1949, based on L'amant de Madame Vidal)
  • Min syster och jag (Swedish, 1950, based on Ma sœur et moi)
  • Cosas de mujer (Spanish, 1951, based on Maître Bolbec and son mari)
  • Le Passage de Vénus (French, 1951, based on Le Passage de Vénus)
  • Meine Schwester und ich (German, 1954, based on Ma sœur et moi)

    • Career at the Comédie-Française

  • Admitted at the Comédie-Française in 1886
  • Sociétaire from 1893 to 1923
  • 326th sociétaire
  • Honorary sociétaire in 1923
  • 1891: Thermidor by Victorien Sardou
  • 1897: Mieux vaut douceur et violence by Édouard Pailleron
  • 1899: Le Torrent by Maurice Donnay
  • 1899: La Conscience de l'enfant by Gaston Devore
  • 1902: La Grammaire by Eugène Labiche and Alphonse Jolly
  • 1902: La Petite Amie by Eugène Brieux
  • 1903: Business is business by Octave Mirbeau
  • 1904: Le Paon by Francis de Croisset
  • 1905: Don Quichotte by Jean Richepin after Cervantès
  • 1905: Il était une bergère by André Rivoire
  • 1906: Les Plaideurs by Racine
  • 1907: Marion de Lorme by Victor Hugo
  • 1907: L'Amour veille by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet
  • 1908: Le Bon Roi Dagobert by André Rivoire
  • 1912: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
  • 1913: La Marche nuptiale by Henry Bataille
  • 1915: Le Mariage forcé by Molière
  • 1920: L'Amour médecin by Molière
  • 1920: The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière
  • 1921: Le Sicilien ou l'Amour peintre by Molière
  • 1921: Les Fâcheux by Molière
  • 1922: Dom Juan by Molière
  • 1922: Remerciement au roi by Molière]
  • 1922: L'Amour veille by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers
  • 1923: Le Dépit amoureux by Molière
  • 1924: Les Trois Sultanes by Charles-Simon Favart

    • References

    Georges Berr Wikipedia
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